Edge-protector for garments.



No. 3a,|9s. Patented Nav. 28, |899.

A. M. WEBER.

EDGE PROTECTOR FOR GARMENTS.

(Application led Sept. 18, 1899.) (No Model.)

*Ik lia w c mums mens co, maro-.umm wAsHmomn n c AARON M. W'EBER, OFOSI-IKOSII, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO CHRISTOPHER E. HERTLEIN, OF NEW YORK,N. Y.

EDGE-PROTECTOR4 FOR GARIVINTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,193,1dated.November 28, 1899. Application filed September 18, 1899. Serial No.730,883. (No model.)

To LZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON MNVEBER, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago, State of VVisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Edge-Protectors forGarments, of which the following is a description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in edge-protectors for skirts orother garments, and especially to that class in which a brush edge isprovided at the bottom to receive the Wear from the ground or door alongwhich the garment is dragged.

The object of the invention is to provide a facing with a brush edge-i'.e., an edge cornposed of a series of folded bunches, which are soincorporated with the facing as to form a projecting ridge or cordaround the bottom of the facing-this being accomplished by winding thewarp-threads around the folded bunches below the fold of the latter,thus causing said bunches at the fold to bulge,

forming, practically, a ridge around the lower part of said facing.

I do not herein claim a skirt-protector consisting of a head and abrush, said head being formed of weft and warp threads and said brushbeing formed of U -shaped pieces looped through the bends of the weft atone selvage and connected by separate binding-threads adjacent the bendsof the weft, nor do I herein claim an edge-protector consisting of ahead and a brush, said head being formed of weft and warp threads andsaid brush being formed of tufts secured to the Wefts by bindingwarpthreads to form a projecting ridge or cordon the protector, as suchsubject-matter is contained in my Patent No. 633,496, granted September19, 1899.

The present invention consists in the matters hereinafter described andreferred to in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figure 1is a side elevation of a piece of fabric constructed in accordanceWithmy invention, the relation of the parts being shown in ratherexaggerated form; and Fig. 2 is a cross-section of Fig. l.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the binding or facing Vwovenin a manner known in the art and composed of the continuous weft orupright threads a and the warp or horizontal threads b. The bunches ortufts c are laid upon the facing so that their bights extend above thebights in the continuous weft, being secured to the facing by theWarpthreads d, which Warp-threads may be a part of the regular warp ofthe fabric or may be additional threads, and as herein shown the bightsin the folded bunches are of sufficient width to bridge a bight in thecontinuous weft. Quite a large ridge or projecting cord B is formed uponthe bottom of the facing adjacent the upper edge of the brush part, thewarp-threads which hold the bights of the folded bunches or tufts inplace passing through the bights of the weft-thread andalternately overand under the adjacent one side of the bight of the weft-thread and oneside of the bight of the bunch or tuft.

Various modications and changes in the construction of the protector maybe made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters l. An edge-protector for garments comprising a facingor heading formed of warpthreads, and a continuous weft, and a brushformed of U-shaped pieces secured upon the bights of the weft at oneselvage by bindingthreads adjacent the bights of the weft; substantiallyas described.

2. An edge-protector for garments comprising a facing or heading formedof Warpthreads and a continuous weft and tufts laid upon the facing andhaving their bights eX- tending above the bights in thelweft-threads,and secured by warp-threads adjacent the bights of the tufts, whereby aprojecting ridge or cord s formed on the protector; substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AARON M. WEBER.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, J H. NILns.

